Ceratodacus priscus is a species of prehistoric fly, which probably belongs in the family Tephritidae.[1] It is known from a single male fossil, preserved in Dominican amber from the El Mamey Formation of the Cordillera Septentrional. The species is characterised by the presence of long setulae on the arista.[1]
| Ceratodacus priscus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Genus: | Ceratodacus |
| Species: | C. priscus
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| Binomial name | |
| Ceratodacus priscus Norrbom & Condon, 2000
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References
edit- ^ a b Allen L. Norrbom & Marty A. Condon (2000). "Phylogeny of the subfamily Blepharoneurinae". In Martín Aluja & Allen Lee Norrbom (ed.). Fruit flies (Tephritidae): phylogeny and evolution of behavior. CRC Press. pp. 135–156. ISBN 978-0-8493-1275-5.
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